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When Michael Minor first began pouring drinks on Metro-North Railroad’s bar cars in 1974, the most popular drink ordered by the men and women milling around the train’s caboose was a Johnnie Walker Red on the rocks, Minor recalled with a wistful smile Friday afternoon as he stood at the door of the 5:26 p.m. bar car heading for Bridgeport.

These days, cans of beer are the most requested beverage on the rails. But since the bar cars took their final bow Friday night, there won’t be any of those cold cans sliding across the bar’s counter either. And it’s not just a last call for Connecticut; the Metro-North bar cars were the last bar cars traversing a commuter railway in the country.

“This is going to be missed,” said Minor, who traded in slinging beers in 2012 to become a platform supervisor. “There’s a lot of history on these cars.”